My experience with chickens leads me to believe they are nasty little buggers that will try to peck your feet apart if you give them half a chance.

But people in Portland — and I’m betting some here in Seattle, too — really, really love their chickens.

I present you with exhibit A: The Oregonian reports that some chicken fans are taking their feathery friends to training classes. They learn to jump through hoops, to stand on tiny cars and to distinguish between colors.

Comparatively, Seattle is a fairly problem-free city. Sure, there was that whole viaduct thing — and authors keep using the city as the setting for embarrassing novels. But all that aside, Seattle was even recently called one of the most peaceful cities in the nation.

Then again, things could always be better. Seattlepi.com asked readers about Seattle’s biggest problem, and here’s what we heard. Some responses are serious and thought provoking. Others aren’t quite so serious. (At least, I hope not)

Maybe you’ve never pondered what a weird business Costco is, when you’re navigating your boat-like cart toward a gallon tub of mayonnaise in one of its crowded, cavernous warehouses. But CNBC did. The …

First, there was the ‘Twilight’ saga. (OK, that wasn’t technically set in Seattle — but it’s pretty close.) Now, the erotic and slightly controversial novels “Fifty Shades of Grey” are bringing more attention to our city.

And as usual, literary popularity leads to interest from film executives, with a “Fifty Shades” movie in the works at Universal Pictures.

The trilogy documents the relationship a sadistic Seattle billionaire and his relationship with a young Washington State University graduate. With a plot that includes a “red room of pain” and constant references to “Tess of the d’Urbervilles,” it has been compared to both “The Story of O” and “Bridget Jones Diary.”

If this was high school, Seattle would be the kid you’d want to hang out with.

Research from Public Policy Polling determined that Seattle is the nation’s “most-liked” city — but just by the skin of its teeth. Seattle came close to sharing that title with its neighbor to the south: Portland.

The research determined that 57 percent of Americans polled viewed Seattle favorably while 14 percent thought the city was full of a bunch of gosh-darn hippies. (Presumably. At any rate, that 14 percent didn’t like Seattle too much.)